Knocking at the door a few hours later, is what woke Adryn up. She climbed out of bed and headed to the door before cracking it open. The opening of the door revealed Eclipse standing there.

"Dinner is ready. You two need to come down." Eclipse told the woman who'd just woken up.

"Alright. We'll be right down." Adryn closed the door, turned on the lights, and turned to Reiji. She then climbed onto the bed to wake Reiji up, but when she touched him, she realized that he was very hot to the touch. Adryn then realized that he was all sweaty too. "Reiji?" Adryn shook him slightly, but nothing happened. So, worried now, Adryn hurried out of the room and called for Eclipse who was just down the hallway a little bit. "Eclipse! Something is wrong."

"What?" Eclipse hurried back to Adryn and the two went to Reiji. Eclipse felt Reiji's forehead and realized he was burning up. "He has a fever." Eclipse then reached out and shook Reiji harder than Adryn had before. All Reiji did was flutter his eyes open before closing them again with a groan. This caused Adryn to go into hysterics. Adryn began to pace back and forth, muttering to herself about how this wasn't good. "Calm down. I need to go get someone to call a doctor. He can't be moved right now. Can you stay with him?"

"Alright, yeah..." Adryn muttered as she paused in her pacing. With that, Eclipse left the room and Adryn went back to Reiji. She grabbed a hold of his hand and began to cry. "I'm so sorry. This is all my fault." Of course, Reiji didn't respond, but she could imagine that Reiji would smile at her and tell her that it was alright. Seeing him unconscious caused more tears to flow from her eyes. She hardly noticed time passing until Eclipse returned with Ai in tow. Ai took one look at Reiji and spoke.

"I'll call the doctor that Reiji sees every so often," Ai explained as he left the room to make the call.

"This is my fault. I got him sick from my meltdown." Adryn was shaking and worried beyond belief.

"I know Reiji wouldn't blame you, you know that too," Eclipse told her best friend. Adryn nodded her head and wiped away a few stray tears. Before anything else could be said, Ai entered the room again.

"The doctor is on his way. Someone will need to let him in."

"Here Ai, take Adryn with you," Eclipse muttered as she pulled and pushed Adryn around until she was out of the room. Adryn tried to protest, but Eclipse just closed the door on her. So, Ai began to head down to the entrance hall with Adryn trailing behind him. Once in the entrance hall, Adryn sat on the bench and tried to not cry in front of Ai. Meanwhile, Ai was watching Adryn's every move and emotion that flitted across her face.

"You really do love him, don't you." It was a statement from Ai, not a question.

"Of course I do."

"I knew you did. It was just never as obvious as this moment in time."

"There was a time when I wasn't sure about my love for Reiji, but that was just because I was, I mean am, a fan of him. I wasn't sure what kind of love I had, but I know now. Especially after everything we've been through together."

"In a way, I am not happy, but relieved that Reiji has found someone to love. He deserves it more than anyone."

"Ai? Are you feeling alright? You're being more open than usual." Adryn really wanted a response, but the buzzer at the gate stopped whatever response Ai was going to give. Adryn grumbled about bad timing and got up to buzz in the doctor. Adryn and Ai watched the doctor drive up the driveway and stop in front of the now open door.

"Take me to him right away." That was all that came out of the doctor's mouth. So, the three headed upstairs to where Eclipse was putting a cool cloth on Reiji's forehead. Reiji was still unconscious. The doctor hurried to Reiji and then spoke up. "Can everyone leave the room?"

"Sure," Eclipse responded when Adryn wanted to say no. Eclipse pulled Adryn along as Ai left the room himself. They closed the door behind them and the doctor got to work. This left Ai, Adryn, and Eclipse standing outside of the room. Adryn began to pace back and forth as Ai began to speak.

"I need to let the others know what's going on with Reiji," Ai explained before heading off. Everyone was in the kitchen and was unaware of the drama unfolding with Reiji. Once Ai was gone, Eclipse turned to the panicking Adryn.

"You need to calm down. Reiji wouldn't like you worrying over him like this." Eclipse told Adryn who froze in her walking around. She nodded her head and sat down on the floor in front of her bedroom door. Eclipse went and sat down next to her and smiled at her. "Reiji will be alright. It's probably just a bad cold. He'll be fine once the doctor handles it."

"I know Reiji will be fine. There's so much more time that we need to spend together and so many other things that we need to do together." Adryn responded simply as she tried hard to not break down. Eclipse just wrapped her arm around her best friend and pulled her close.

"It'll be alright." Eclipse tried to reassure Adryn. Adryn nodded her head in agreement. Soon though, Taemin came hurrying down the hallway, having been told by Ai what was going on.

"Hey," Taemin called out as he approached the two women on the ground. Both Adryn and Eclipse stood up to greet Taemin. "Have you heard anything about Reiji?"

"No, the doctor is still with him," Eclipse responded only for the doctor to open the door at that moment.

"How is he?" Adryn asked as the doctor walked out of Reiji's room.

"He will most likely be alright. He just has a cold." The doctor responded simply.

"But none of us have been sick, where could he have gotten it from?"

"Actually, I am recovering from being sick. I had a cold for a little while now but I thought I wasn't contagious anymore." Taemin informed the group sadly.

"Reiji was out in the rain earlier and got super cold and soaking wet for a little while," Adryn spoke up next to the doctor.

"Being cold and wet might have helped the cold become worse, but it most likely came from your friend here." The doctor responded simply.

"I'm sorry, Adryn." Taemin looked to his friend sadly.

"It's alright," Adryn responded trying her hardest to smile at Taemin. She didn't want him to feel bad about this.

"Hey, Adryn, you need to get on something before you get a cold too. Your body might still not be able to fight it as well due to your previous health issues." Eclipse commented, not wanting to be too specific in front of the doctor.

"I won't be prescribing him any medications, but he needs to wake up and get his fever down before it becomes a health risk to him and everyone else. If he gets worse, he'll need actual medication." The doctor then went into his instructions. "He needs to drink plenty of fluids. He needs to get into lightweight clothes and a light blanket. He also needs some fever reducer over the counter medication. If he develops a cough, he can have some cough medicine and some through lozenges to relieve it."

"Thank you," Adryn told the doctor, who just nodded his head in return.

"I'll show the doctor out," Taemin spoke up before he and the doctor began to walk through the halls to go back outside.

Eclipse decided to take this time to change Reiji's cloth, as he had warmed it up. She also told Adryn that she was going to get the fever reducer medicine as well and be back eventually. It was Adryn's job to wake Reiji up. So Adryn tried. She called his name and shook him, but nothing happened. She then called his name louder and shook him a little harder. This time, Reiji's eyes fluttered open and remained open, but he looked confused.

"What's going-" Reiji coughed a few times. "What's going on?" Reiji finally got to say before a few more coughs.

"You're sick, you have a cold. Eclipse is bringing some medicine for you to take." Adryn responded as she looked at him. She was worried but thankful he woke up finally.

"I'm sorry for getting sick."

"It's not your fault, it's mine. I shouldn't have made you run through the rain." Reiji seemed to ignore Adryn's comment because he just smiled at her.

"You look pretty with that wig on, my girl."

"Thanks. Now can you sit up so you can take the medicine when Eclipse gets back?"

"Hmm..." Reiji tried to sit up by himself, but couldn't. So Adryn helped him sit up just as Eclipse got back with some pills, water, and a wet cloth. She gave the water and pills to Reiji and instructed him to take them. Reiji did as he was told and then laid back down, prompting more coughs to slip out of him. Eclipse then put the wet and cold cloth on his forehead.

"Get well soon, Reiji," Eclipse muttered as she moved to the door to his room.

"Thank you," Reiji mumbled in response. He then looked to Adryn. "Can you stay with me? I don't want to be alone."

"I always planned on staying with you, Reiji."

"Hmm... Good..." Reiji then grimaced. "I feel sticky and sweaty."

"Alright give me a moment." Adryn hurried off to get a damp washcloth and a small towel as Reiji sat up. His wet cloth on his forehead fell onto his lap, so he gently set it aside on the bedside table. Adryn then returned, wiped him down, and dried him before going in search of a new shirt for Reiji. Reiji coughed, making Adryn pause, but eventually, she got him a new shirt to wear. She then had to help him get it back on before he was able to lay back down. Once he was laid down, Adryn put the cool cloth back onto his forehead. "Do you need anything else before I get into bed?"

"No, I'm good. I just need you next to me." To Reiji's words, Adryn smiled and climbed into bed, but remained on top of the covers. Seeing that Adryn didn't lie right next to him with her body against his, Reiji pouted. Adryn couldn't help but chuckle at his face.

"You're so cute when you pout. The only reason why I'm not under the covers is that I don't want you to overheat." Adryn then got snuggled up to Reiji but above the covers. She then began to play with his hair, causing Reiji to lean into her hand. Eventually, Reiji drifted off to sleep along with Adryn.

What felt like a couple of hours later, Adryn woke up. She instantly noticed that Reiji was sleep sleeping so she checked to see how hot he felt. He was a little less hot than before, making Adryn smile. Adryn then made her way out of his bed carefully to not wake him up. Adryn then headed down to the kitchen to grab a snack, since she'd missed dinner. On the way there, Adryn ran into Eclipse who was also heading to the kitchen.

"How's Reiji?" Eclipse asked as they made their way to the kitchen.

"He isn't as hot as he was, but he's still warm," Adryn responded simply as they entered the kitchen. "Should I make something for Reiji? Like microwave oatmeal?"

"That sounds like it'd be easy for him to eat, so sure. Make some for us too."

"Alright." With that, Adryn made 3 batches of oatmeal and then put them on a tray and handed the tray to Eclipse. Adryn was worried she'd trip and drop it all but knew that Eclipse could handle it. They then headed up to Reiji's room. Once there, Eclipse sat the food down on the desk as Adryn went to wake up Reiji. "Reiji? It's time to get up for a little bit." Adryn's words were enough this time to wake the man up. He was clearly a bit more responsive this time.

"Hmm?" Reiji mumbled as he opened his eyes slowly. He blinked the sleepiness away before Adryn helped him sit up.

"Here, it's time for more pills. Take these." Eclipse handed Reiji some more fever reducer pills. He drank them down with some water and drank more water afterward.

"Alright, now eat some. It's just microwave oatmeal but it's good. I love it."

"Thank you," Reiji muttered as he took the bowl of food from Adryn. He ate a couple of bites as Adryn and Eclipse ate all of theirs. That was all he could manage to eat before feeling too full. Adryn then set their bowls back onto the tray before turning to her sick lover.

"How are you feeling?"

"Not good, but I'm not as delirious as earlier."

"That's good."

"It would be if I wasn't all sticky again," Reiji muttered as he pulled his shirt away from himself. This is when Eclipse decided to excuse herself from the room with the tray of bowls, wishing Reiji well as she went.

"Alright. Let's get your shirt off now." Adryn and Reiji went through the same thing as before. She got him wiped down and dried off before putting him in a new shirt.

"Can you snuggle with me under the covers this time? It'd make me feel better."

"...Alright, dammit. You're lucky you're adorable." Adryn grumbled as she crawled into bed with Reiji. She laid down, letting Reiji lay his head on her chest. She then wrapped her arms around him carefully. They don't fall asleep right away though. "We had a date planned for tomorrow... or today, I'm not sure what day it is anymore."

"Yeah, I don't think we can go out now though," Reiji muttered sadly.

"We can go to the theater room and maybe watch a movie or something if you're feeling up to it."

"That'd be great!" Reiji then coughed from his excitement and then whimpered. "You're warm..." Reiji whispered to Adryn, hoping he wouldn't cough again.

"I think you're the one that's warm, Reiji, but thanks I guess."

"I love you," Reiji mumbled as he began to fall asleep.

"I love you too. Now rest up."

"Hmm..." Reiji then fell asleep with a smile on his face. Adryn decided to stay awake for a little bit longer.

Adryn thought to herself how happy she was to have Reiji in her life now and with her. She then thanked whoever for the life she'd been given, as she knew that everything that happened to her led her to this moment with Reiji. She then drifted off to sleep despite sleeping so much already that day.

~

Adryn woke up to the sound of the shower running. This caused her to sit up in bed, realize that it was morning already, and also realize that Reiji was nowhere to be seen. Adryn assumed Reiji was in the shower so she just sat there in his bed for a few minutes until she heard the shower turn off. A little bit after that, Reiji emerged from the bathroom with only a towel around his waist and noticed Adryn was awake.

"Good morning, Adryn," Reiji spoke up as he smiled at her.

"How are you feeling?" Adryn questioned, trying to not look at Reiji's body.

"I feel a lot better, but not completely better. I just really needed a shower and it helped me out a lot. I was too congested and needed to get everything out before I woke you up by sneezing or coughing like crazy."

"Well, you look and sound a lot better. I mean you don't look as sick, not that you look better because you have no clothes on... Oh my god, I'm going to stop talking now..." Adryn covered her face with her hands as her face went completely red. This caused Reiji to laugh out loud, which then caused him to wince in pain due to his throat.

"You're adorable, my girl," Reiji commented as Adryn uncovered her face to show him she was pouting.

"Shut up..." Adryn then climbed out of bed and headed toward the door. This made Reiji worried that he'd upset her.

"Where are you going?"

"I want to get ready for the day. I'll meet up with you later."

"I'll be heading to the kitchen after I get dressed, so meet me there."

"Alright, see you there." Adryn smiled at Reiji and then headed out the door, closing it behind her. She then headed to her room and took a shower. She then put on her orange-red wig again that was pretty much dry. She then put new clothes on and headed to the kitchen. Once in the kitchen, Adryn noticed that Ranmaru and I were also in the kitchen with Reiji, and it seemed like they had been scolding Reiji or something. "Hey, guys. What's up?"

"Just telling your idiot boyfriend that he shouldn't be up and moving after being so sick," Ranmaru responded simply. Adryn chuckled at his response and headed to the now pouting Reiji.

"But Ran-Ran, after snuggling with Adryn in bed all night I feel much much better!" Reiji cried out, causing Adryn to freeze.

"I don't need to know about what happens in your bed," Ai spoke up, seemingly calm but with a little annoyance too. Adryn was blushing but tried to shake it off as she turned to Reiji.

"Do you want me to make you something?" Adryn asked, causing Reiji to pause before shaking his head.

"No, it's alright," Reiji responded, remembering Eclipse's warning about Adryn and cooking. "I'll make something simple, want me to make you something too?"

"No thanks. I'll just eat cereal." Adryn then headed to the cupboards to find her cereal. Ranmaru and Ai took this chance to stand up and head to the door.

"Where are you two going?" Reiji questioned as he looked at his friends.

"To work on our final songs," Ranmaru responded before he and Ai disappeared through the door.

"I wonder how Nova is supposed to record her parts for the songs she has for her." To Adryn's wonder, Reiji just shrugged as he had no clue either. The two then went about making and eating their foods. As Reiji finished up eating his food, Adryn began to clean up for him. He just decided to sit there and watch her as things around him began to spin. Reiji had been moving around too much. However, he thought of something that made him smile.

"This feels like we're married," Reiji commented which nearly caused Adryn to drop her bowl that she'd been cleaning. She remained still and facing forward, not trusting herself to look at Reiji with how red she'd just gotten.

"How do you feel about that?"

"I like it and hope that it will be not 'like' but 'are' married one day." To Reiji's words, Adryn chuckled a little nervously before she collected herself.

"Maybe one day, but we're definitely not there yet."

"True, but still, it feels like we are married, which is nice." This time, Adryn turned around and smiled at Reiji.

"Well, you're a good husband then." Reiji couldn't help but laugh at Adryn's comment.

"You're a good wife."

"Um, what?" Reiji and Adryn turned to the doorway to see Eclipse and Taemin standing there. "What are you two talking about?" To Eclipse's confusion, Adryn and Reiji began to laugh and not respond to her. "If you guys got engaged now, we could have a cool double wedding."

"We're not there yet." Adryn simply responded as she made her way to Reiji. "Speaking of weddings, when are you two going to get married?"

"As soon as possible, so like next month?"

"I wonder if Nova can come back for it..."

"I actually just talked to my father. He said if Nova was doing good enough, then yes, she can come back for the wedding. However, if she relapses back into her old ways, then it'd be better if she didn't return at all."

"What about Nova's songs?"

"Nova will be sent copies of the songs for her to record in America while Ranmaru records his parts here in Japan."

"We'll have to be recording soon, right?" Reiji suddenly asked, joining in the conversation.

"Not anytime for you. You need to focus on getting healthy so stop thinking about work." Adryn scolded the man, who instantly pouted.

"I'm right though."

"Yes, you are, but with how congested you sound, you can't be singing currently."

"Right. Actually, I'm not feeling all that well anymore." Reiji sniffled a little bit, which then caused him to begin coughing. Adryn then started to go through the drawers of the kitchen to find cough medicine. Once she did, she returned to Reiji's side. "Here, take this." She then gave him a dose and he took it with some water he'd gotten with his food. "Want to go back to bed?"

"No. I'll get some rest in the theater room while we're watching a movie," Reiji responded with a cough.

"You mean you'll be sleeping through the movie because this cough medicine is going to make you drowsy." Reiji laughed at Adryn's comment, prompting him to cough a bunch. Adryn rubbed his back gently to try to soothe him and she frowned at his coughing.

"Are you two planning to watch a movie in place of the date you had planned today?" Eclipse asked her best friend who just nodded her head in return. "I see. Taemin and I were going to watch a movie today too."

"We can watch the same movie. Reiji will be sleeping and I always sleep during movies."

"Then why are you wanting to watch a movie anyway?"

"We just wanted to spend time doing something we don't usually do. As long as we're together it doesn't matter what we do."

"I can understand that," Taemin responded in place of his lover.

"Right. Well, as long as we remain separate, we can watch a movie together." Eclipse told her best friend.

"Cool. We'll we're going on ahead. See you later." With that from Adryn, she and Reiji headed out of the kitchen and headed to the theater room. They sat down on the left side of the room, leaving the right side to Eclipse and Taemin.

"What should we watch?" Reiji asked Adryn as he leaned against her. He let his head fall against her shoulder as he reached over to take one of her hands into his. He held it tightly, bringing a smile to Adryn's face. She then leaned her head against his head and spoke up.

"Not sure. Let's let Eclipse and Taemin pick a movie."

"Cool."

"I really hope you get better soon. I'm worried about you." Adryn mumbled to Reiji who smiled in return.

"I like you taking care of me though, so I'll stay sick a bit longer." Reiji teased, causing Adryn to frown.

"While you're an adorable puppy when like this, I want you healthy so we can do our songs together. I want to move onto the next stage of our lives."

"I don't want to leave the mansion anymore..." Reiji muttered quietly to Adryn.

"Why?"

"I'll miss you...and stuff..."

"'And stuff'?"

"If we aren't in the same house, we can't snuggle whenever I want, I can't hold you whenever I want and I can't kiss you whenever I want." Hearing this from her lover, Adryn smiled.

"No matter what, you can always text or call me and I'll answer. Even at night, I'll leave my phone's sound on so I can hear your text or call, no matter what the hour."

"It won't be the same though..."

"Yeah, I know. I don't want you to leave either."

"Leaving is going to suck because I know that I have to. Even so, at least we'll be in the same country."

"Knowing that helps a bit, but not seeing you every day will be tough to handle."

"I agree. We'll just have to make time for dates and visits, especially after we become public with our relationship." Reiji sounded so hopeful, but Adryn instantly frowned anyway.

"What if the fans won't be supportive. What if they try to hurt our relationship or break us up?"

"You should have more faith in our fans."

"I do, I'm just worried about how they'll react to someone like me dating you." Reiji instantly frowned due to Adryn's words.

"They'll understand my feelings for you and accept us wholeheartedly just as I accepted you."

"I sure hope so. I don't want to hurt your job as an idol in any way."

"I love how caring you are about my job. I know you understand me and my love of being an idol because you're one too."

"I'll always try to respect and care when it comes to your job. As long as you do the same for me." Before Reiji could respond to Adryn, Taemin and Eclipse walked into the room. They had some snacks in their arms. They ended up seated in the same row as Adryn and Reiji, but on the complete other side of the room.

"What movie should we watch?" Eclipse asked which was directed to everyone in the room.

"We'll be sleeping so you guys choose," Reiji responded to Eclipse before Adryn could say the same thing. Eclipse laughed at Reiji's comment.

"We'll probably sleep too, after snacks though," Eclipse responded as Taemin got up to put a movie in. It was a random movie that Adryn didn't bother asking about. She wasn't sure what the movie was, but she didn't care. She did watch for a little bit before she began to hear Reiji leaning against her deeply breathing, indicating that he was asleep. So, Adryn decided to snuggle up against Reiji, the best she could as she listened to the sounds of the movie. She wasn't sure how much time had passed before she drifted off to sleep, but she eventually did.